POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby authorizes Daniel A. Thomson or Joseph W.
Baty of Weider Nutrition International, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), singularly, to execute for and on
behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an
executive officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and
5, and any amendments thereto, and cause such form(s) to be filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, relating to the undersigned's beneficial ownership of
securities in the Company.  The undersigned hereby grants to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-
fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of, and
transactions in, securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 29th day of October, 2002.
Brian McDermott
(Signature)
Brian McDermott
(Print Name)